Scholarships and Bursaries for OUSL Undergraduates
University Bursary
University Bursary Selection Criteria
(Effective from Academic year 2024/2025)
The Open University of Sri Lanka is awarding Bursaries (University Bursary) to Students annually. The amount of the Bursary is 50% of the tuition fee paid by the student in the previous academic year for which the student is eligible. A student may be awarded a University Bursary only in two academic years, at different Levels of a study programme. Students shall be selected based on an application made by them on the basis of Merit and Need.
Eligibility Criteria for the Award of Bursary
- Student should have been registered for a programme of study of a minimum duration of two years. However, those registered in programmes leading to one from to another in a difference level (e.g. Certificate, Advanced Certificate to Diploma/Degree) may also be considered for selection.
- In the Current academic year, the student should have been registered for courses at Level four or above in an undergraduate programme.
- Student should have sat and attained a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 in the final examinations of courses adding up to a total of at least 15 credits at the particular Level in the previous year,
- Only courses considered for the final award of the programme will be taken to calculate the GPA.
- The gross family income of the student shall be less than Rs 500,000/= (Students will be required to provide a letter from a Grama Niladhari Certificate a to certify the annual parental income.
- No disciplinary action should have been taken against the student.
Note:
- The University, with the approval of the Board of Welfare, has the authority to make appropriate changes to the contents mentioned in this selection criteria and all changes will be implemented after the approval of the University Council.
Incomplete and illegible applications will be rejected without any enquiry.
Students are requested to hand over/post the application to the Student Affairs Welfare Division with six weeks (06) from the date of late registration to the course.
Return address :-
Senior Assistant Registrar
Student Affairs & Welfare Division
The Open University of Sri Lanka
PO Box 21, Nawala
Nugegoda
Enrolment Bursary
Open University Enrollment Bursary-Proposed Selection Criteria
(Effective from Academic Year 2015/16)
Open University Enrolment Bursary, hereinafter referred as Enrollment Bursary, is awarded by the Open University of Sri Lanka in the first year of enrolment essentially for economically disadvantaged students. Enrollment Bursary is awarded to the value of 50% of the tuition fees of courses for which the student registers for during his/her first year of registration with the University. A student shall not be awarded the Enrollment Bursary in any subsequent years of registration. The award of the bursary will be considered during the time the second installment of the tuition fee is payable.
However, a recipient of the Enrollment Bursary may be awarded the University Bursary or Mahapola Scholarship in two subsequent academic years, at different Levels of the programme. Nevertheless, a student who has been awarded a Mahapola Scholarship can be considered for a University Bursary only in another year. That is, a student shall not hold both the awards simultaneously.
Students shall be selected for the Enrolment Bursary based on an application made by them on the basis of Need and active engagement in studies.
Eligibility Criteria for the Award of Open University Enrollment Bursary
a. Student should be registered for a programme of study of a minimum duration of two years starting at Level 3. However, those registered in programmes leading from one to another considered for selection.
Note: Once the student has obtained the enrollment bursary at the diploma/higher diploma level, she/ he will not be eligible to obtain the same facility in the continuing degree or a higher programme.
b. The annual gross family income of the student shall be less than Rs 500,000/- [Student shall submit a Gramasewaka certificate that his/her annual gross family income is less than Rs. 500,000/-]
c. The student should have participated in the continuous assessment and other compulsory academic activities of the courses s/he has enrolled in until the date of the evaluation of the award.
d. No disciplinary action should have been taken against the student.
The university from time to time may make necessary amendments to the criteria while abiding by the guidelines proposed in this document.
Open University Enrollment Bursaries will be awarded annually.
Incomplete and illegible application will be rejected without enquiry.
Students are requested to hand over/post the application to the Student Affairs & Welfare Division with six weeks from the date of late registration to the course.
Return address: –
Senior Assistant Registrar,
Student Affairs & Welfare Division,
The Open University of Sri Lanka,
PO Box 21, Nawala,
Nugegoda.
Mahapola Scholarships
Mahapola Scholarships Selection Criteria
(Effective from Academic Year 2024/2025)
Mahapola Scholarships are awarded to students of the Open University of Sri Lanka by the “Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund” to the value of Rs. 8,000/-each towards the payment of tuition fees of courses.
Eligibility Criteria for the Award of Mahapola Scholarship
- In the Current academic year, the student should have been registered for courses at Level four in an undergraduate programme
- Student should not be employed or engaged in any other higher educational study
- Student should not have exceeded the age of 30 years on the date of selection Student should have sat and attained a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 in the final examinations of courses adding up to a total of at least 15 credits at the particular Level in the previous academic year.
- Only courses considered for the final award of the programme will be taken for the calculation of GPA for the scholarship.
- Parental income ceiling should be less than or equal to Rs, 300,000/- with the relevant concessions per annum added to the income ceiling, as specified by the U.G.C.
- Students will be required to provide a letter from a Grama Niladhari Certificate a to certify the annual parental income.
- Current concessions applicable: Rs. 24,000/- per annum per school going sister/brother who is 18 years or under, up to a maximum of three children and Rs. 36,000/-concession per annum per sister/brother following a course in a university but not in receipt of a Mahapola scholarship or a Bursary)
- If the student or his/her sibling are already receiving the Mahapola Scholarship from another institute, he/she will be ineligible to receive it. The student must include a letter along with the application stating that the student or his/her sibling is not receiving Mahapola Scholarship from another institute.
No disciplinary action should have been taken against the students.
Notes
- The scholarships payments will be made in two installments. The second installment will be paid only if the conduct and academic performance of the student are satisfactory.
- Mahapola Scholarship shall be awarded only once to a student.
- Students shall be selected based on an application made by them on the basis of Merit and Need
- an approved number of Mahapola Scholarships are awarded annually to students in the order of merit from among those eligible.
- Incomplete and illegible applications will be rejected
- The University, with the approval of the Board of Welfare, has the authority to make appropriate changes to the contents mentioned in this selection criteria and all changes will be implemented after the approval of the University Council.
without any enquiry.
Students are requested to hand over/post the application to the Student Affairs Welfare Division with six weeks (06) from the date of late registration to the course.
Return address: –
Senior Assistant Registrar
Student Affairs & Welfare Division,
The Open University of Sri Lanka
PO Box 21, Nawala, Nugegoda
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